Days to Come

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]​

Frost crept against the transparent surface of the mansion’s windows, the last freezing remains of the condensation that had once threatened to invade their home. Around the mansion there were fireplaces that lit up with a widespread warm glow of crackling embers, spitting warmth into rooms that housed servants, guards and goddesses alike. It was sweater weather at its finest with the warm winds lending a wondrous, warm embrace to the capital below the mountain that Kaili and Allyson lived on. In a few months there would be snow, but the chance of it sticking around for more than two months was as slim as it had always been on Kiara.

All in all a sense of calm had settled over the planet as families began preparing for the coming winter. Autumn was here and Kaili would lie if she said the cold wouldn’t bother her. Being the native Borleian girl that she was she had found herself wearing a sweater that hugged against her neck in a way that felt just right. Like a soft hug of warm, wooly fabrics that were snug in all the right places for those that cared to give her a look.

And considering that there was only really the one person who would be looking for the evening it went without saying that the sweater had been a tactical choice on the blonde’s end. The planet was calm, and for the first time in what felt like years at this point so was the life of those who had helped rule it. The stresses and worries in Kaili’s mind and heart had long since been set aside. Not entirely, thoughts of her brother still plagued her every now and then, but it was manageable. Allyson’s memories were as they were, but enough had come back for Kaili and Allyson both to recognize who they were to each other, and with the amount of time they spent together once again there was no doubt on Kaili’s mind that things would be coming back in due time.

Things felt good again yet somehow the suspicion that it would all be taken away soon enough didn’t linger. It hadn’t been around for at least a few weeks, and for that Kaili was more than just thankful. She was ecstatic at the concept of finally getting what she had wanted, finally getting to place her head to rest on a fussy pink cloud of unfathomable comfort.

And all thanks to her rock in the storm and favorite smoke machine.

Teacup in hand Kaili raised it to her lips to take a sip. Eyes lingering on the Corellian in front of her with great curiosity. A promise had been made, but what that was remained to be seen. The heat of the tea spread itself evenly around her body as it made its way down.

“Well?” Kaili chuckled and let her lips spread into yet another toothy grin. “You said you had something to show me, what was it?”

Yeah. Things were actually pretty good for once.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson held the bucket glass that housed the Corellian whiskey Kaili had found and purchased for her. True Corellian whiskey was difficult to find and it was extremely expensive. Kaili of course had money to spare when it came to things such as this. Allyson on the other hand couldn’t really do anything like that, but she usually did her best. Musing over how she was going to repay Kaili for everything she had done and dealt with when her memory was absent. Nothing really could repay the Talith for everything, especially the comments that Allyson remembered saying about other women and men that had crossed their paths. Cringing at it, she sipped the delicious Corellian whiskey.

“I do have a surprise for you, but why do you think you deserve it” A grin came from behind the glass as she sipped it and chuckled. “Don’t need an answer, I know you do.” Allyson stood from where she was sitting and wandered over towards her lover. The Corellian whiskey was placed on the side table and Allyson removed Kaili’s tea from her hands. The tea cup found its place next to the whiskey on the same side table. A smile remained spread across Allyson’s face as she leaned closer to the woman that was not only the goddess of this planet, but the goddess in her own life. She nipped against Kaili’s ear as she then slowly began to kiss along the woman’s neck gently. “Since we’ve been so busy and haven’t been able to really have a decent vacation or even a date to save our lives.” Allyson mused and sighed softly.

“Also, its cold and even though I absolutely adore the way your nose and cheeks become so rosy when you’re trying to get warm.” To accent this, Allyson kissed both of Kaili’s ears and the tip of her nose. Times like this when they were alone and could just have each other, Allyson had to fight the urge to consume the rest of the evening by just enjoying the other woman’s body. Though, if they were going to even stay on track with what she had planned for them – they would need to wait. “What do you think about warm sands, crashing waves of the ocean, and being alone with just me?” Allyson knew that Micah was still in critical condition and they both were unaware of his full situation. Maybe getting away from everything would be good for Kaili’s mental state. A smile spread across her face, “Let’s go to Boreleias.”

Unable to resist the blonde, slender fingers pulled at the sweater’s collar around Kaili’s neck to expose it to the Corellian. Soft kisses scattered down the woman’s neck hoping to convince her of the vacation and possibly something more. [member="Kaili Talith"]

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

The whiskey was just one of the many gift that to Kaili seemed like a small gesture. In a sense she was used to lovers granting each other gifts in order to grant them peace of mind or to provide symbolic meaning. Her father had granted her mother an island of her own for her safety, and while Kaili certainly could have done the same she also understood that less was more, and that in the end safety was a heavily subjective matter. It was supposedly the thought that mattered, and even though very little thought had gone into the gift from Kaili to Allyson it was still something that she had known to matter a lot to her girlfriend. Spend enough time with a person and you get to know them. Corellian whiskey was to Allyson what a new hydrospanner or blueprint paper was to Kaili. It was something she had use out of, a gift that had a clear purpose behind it. That was all she asked from them and it was the same kind of mindset that went into gifts from Kaili.

The cup in Kaili’s hand found a surface. Fingers slid out of its warm embrace and would immediately come to regret it. She tried to answer Allyson’s question about deserving a surprise but found herself cut short. Hands burrowed into her armpits for warmth as the cold temperatures of Kiara began to make itself felt again. The Corellian of course pulled Kaili in close, nibbles spreading from her ears and down towards her neck. A stuttered breath parted Kaili’s lips, though whether that was the cold or not was up for debate. Her arms unwrapped from each other until they found themselves a spot around the Corellians lower back and shoulder, pulling her closer to make up for the warmth she missed out on.

Allyson made sure to remind Kaili of the cold weather and the way her nose and ears flared into various shades of red when trying to warm herself, making a point to kiss each of them as she went. A smirk spread on Kaili’s lips at the proposal for a vacation, face brushing against the Corellian’s face and into her neck to take in her smell, her taste and being. She lingered there, let her lover persuade her into a vacation she had dreamed about for years.

No Kiara, no worries. Nothing but the two of them on an unmarked beach and a small abode on an island with no name. Not too far from the amenities of civilization, but distant enough to not risk an invasion of privacy.

“I think,” Kaili whispered under her breath with a shiver as the Corellian exposed her neck for another kiss. “I think we could go right now.”

The Borleian pulled her neck away to firmly plant her lips against the soft lips of her lover with a tug of war to seal the deal before Allyson could say anything more. Seconds passed that seemed like minutes, a pure declaration of sheer joy and several things more. A neverending honeymoon phase that kept them coming back no matter what wrench the galaxy seemed liable to throw at them.

Kaili and Allyson persevered. They always did. There was no stopping this.

“I think the ship has a bed with our names written on them.” Literally, almost. It didn’t but the idea had crossed Kaili’s mind. “You, me, two days of transit…”

“Followed by two weeks on a beach… Minimum.” Allyson would catch onto the blonde’s drift.

Lips found ear. “Let’s go.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson smiled, Kaili needed the vacation more than anyone in this room. She nodded listening to the woman. It was easier than she had expected, Kaili is known to work herself till she was forced to stop or a cold took over. Allyson had assumed it would be a struggle to get the girl to take a day off. There was a sigh of relief as Kaili seemed to lose herself into a day dream of the warm beaches and the transition to the planet.

“I had planned on having us leave right this instant. The ship is stocked and ready to go. Bait and Henry are already packed up and ready to go with coordinates and the like.” Allyson gave Kaili one more kiss as she stood up and went to help the woman up as well. She moved towards the large closet and pulled out a heavy amount of baggage that seemed to have been packed while Kaili was working at her shop and business. As she stood with the baggage a few of the workers in the palace walked over and grabbed all the bags and Allyson moved towards the blonde woman and scooped her up.

“I love you Kaili Talith. Let me take care of you, for the next month or two months, feth maybe an entire year!” Cradling the girl, Allyson made her way towards the hanger docks and continued onto the ship. Everything was taken care of and Kaili had nothing to worry about to get ready for the trip. Seeing the two droids hanging out in the cockpit. Once they were onboard and Kaili was tossed onto the bed into a pile of pillows. Allyson looked towards the droids and gave the thumbs up. Suddenly as she looked back towards Kaili, the ship took off and with the momentum of the movement, the Corellian allowed herself to fall upon the blonde.

A smile spread across her face as she looked at the woman under her. “Kaili Talith, you ready to share the rest of your life with me?” [member="Kaili Talith"]

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

Andromeda was no longer just Kaili’s concern, she had a whole board for that, and the people of Kiara was starting to manage for themselves as time was allowed to pass. With the help of the Boolon Foundation and the Silver Jedi Order it was all just sort of coming back together again after so many years of disrepair. No, to take the day off was unlike the Kaili Talith that many knew, but with the world offering her glimpses of hope and joy she’d know a lot better than to look this gift horse in the mouth. With everything that had happened in the last few months, and with all that had been going on between Kaili and Allyson alone there was a deep seated need for the two of them to share some time off. Some time together with one another to reconnect again in full. A while ago Kaili had considered making the plans herself, but work had a way of getting in the way like that.

Then again, enjoy what you do and you won’t have to work a day in your life, right? Kaili followed Allyson around the mansion all the way up to the closet. The doors opened and the blonde was taken aback for a second to see a great many bags that were already packed in her name as well as Allyson’s. In truth, Kaili hadn’t really considered the need for it. The ship had amenities and Borleias had more than ample shopping opportunities. They certainly weren’t lacking the means to get what they needed. It was most likely just a question of whether they had to be torn from the beach or the beach torn from them. This however worked out great and the eyes that had been blown wide open in surprise eased up with a sidesweeping smirk at Allyson’s efforts.

Then Allyson approached her for what Kaili had assumed to be another kiss only to find out that she had been so very wrong. A small yet oddly high-pitched ‘whoop’ parted Kaili’s lips as she fell into the Corellian’s arms like a damsel in distress being rescued from a mean dragon’s tower or a beautiful lady in the arms of a capable soldier. Though considering Allyson’s secondary line of occupation Kaili would most likely feel more like the latter. All that was missing was the hat for her to borrow, but she wouldn’t get everything she asked for. If life had taught her anything, that would be it. Allyson asked to take care of Kaili and the girl would look deep into the Corellian’s eyes and merely smile. There were no words necessary for this, no words that could do it any honor. Just the two women and their coming time away from the face of the galaxy.

In good time Kaili’s back would find the bed with her arms spread wide to wallow in the unfathomable comfort of knowing what she was to expect for the next few weeks. Allyson fell on top of Kaili, their eyes meeting like they had on Borleias so many years ago with jitters that reminded her of how right it felt to be here. Breathing grew heavier yet it didn’t bother her. A question was asked but no answer was given. Not just yet.

“Shut up and kiss me already.” Kaili grinned and pulled her lover closer until they gently touched lips again. A distinct feeling of belonging filled the Borleian girl’s heart. This was where she needed to be in this very moment. There was no one else, or even nothing else that she wanted to do right now. Lips locked as Kaili Talith let herself remain under the weight and pressure of the arching body that was Allyson Locke. They separated with a gasp, amber eyes staring deep into hazel.

A caring whisper parting the blonde’s lips. “You already know you complete me. You don’t need to ask me again.”

“I am.” She pulled Allyson back in again. The night was still young.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson was pulled into the bliss that she had only dreamed about when she was back in the hospital wondering when her life would return to normal. Being showered with kisses, Allyson pulled up from the kisses and looked down at the blonde woman she had been searching for all her life or what felt like it. Hearing the words from the woman under her made Allyson smile, a part of her wanted to press further and ask the question that she had asked the moment she had remembered who Kaili was. There was a hesitate look on Allyson face as she stared down at Kaili – right now would be the perfect moment, but something in the back of Allyson’s mind told her to stop.

The last thing she needed was to sour this vacation and adventure with a question such as this. She didn’t want to cause Kaili any stress on this vacation. The answer that Kaili had given her about spending the rest of her life with her was good enough for now. Allyson would hold back the question she wanted to ask and accept this moment for what it was. Smiling, Allyson knew that maybe this was her way of saying that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Allyson, that maybe without a ring it was okay.

Still, Allyson wanted that confirmation, but it would have to wait – the last time they had a blissful moment such as this it was ruined by the engagement and then her mission. Sighing softly, she leaned forward and nuzzled the nook of Kaili’s neck. She inhaled deeply taking in the woman’s scent imprinting it once more again on her memories. Hands ventured across the Talith girl’s warm and tender skin. She could feel each breath of her lover. It would be two weeks till they arrive on Borleias. Grinning, Allyson began kissing and slid her hands up the warm sweater the girl wore.

“I’m never going to let you go, you’re mine forever, [member="Kaili Talith"]…and I’m yours forever and always.” Her voice no louder than a whisper it was a message that only the other woman needed to hear. When she finished, Allyson continued with the removal of the thick sweater and continued with the shower of kisses.

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

There was no telling what would have happened if Allyson had asked at this point. The two had already been through so much, endured troubles that most couples would have been broken apart from. Yet where others had fallen and failed Kaili and Allyson had remained standing as tall as the day when they had first realized what they shared. It was amusing even to Kaili to think back and realize how hesitant she had been to it all, and how their first date had been little more than a way for her to cave to the Corellian’s insistence on taking her out on a date. Of course she was aware that it was a way for her to try and negotiate a better deal on the repairs, but perhaps an equally playful part in Kaili had been awoken when Allyson had first made her intentions clear, just hidden under a heft layer of depression and angst.

There was none of that here. Their relationship had moved from hesitation and wardrobe-related malfunctions to clear cut, pure and physical definitions of what they felt. Without a doubt Kaili could have found the words to truly tell Allyson what she felt, but the kisses they shared had always been a much more easier way to tell it. The burn that their touch left lingered and soothed what none other could still as if their very skins mourned the separation they experienced for every second they were apart. Kaili loved Allyson for who she was and what she was, and she knew that Allyson felt the same. The nights and days that they shared might have been lost in a thick fog of moments where the lights came off, but their memories were never forgotten. Every touch, every single second that they had spent together was the very epitome of what being alive felt like to Kaili.

A hand touched against the sweater she was wearing in an effort to let her breathe again. Legs curled around the Corellian’s as the kisses continued. Backs arched, a small excited laugh parting the young Talith’s lips into yet another wide grin as the Corellian took the time she needed. With a calming breath Kaili let herself ease into the mattress again to stare deep into the hazel eyes that hovered above her.

They jittered as strands of brown hair brushed against her cheek.

It was just the two of them again. Their world and lives intertwined on a steadfast path into the future together.

There was only one thing left for the night before it all was allowed to slip into the cloud of memories surrounding them. Kaili lift her hands to gently brush against the Corellian’s cheeks. Tears of pure exhilarated joy burst at the young girl’s seams as she pulled the other woman in close to make her intentions even more clear.

Few women had ever gotten as lucky as Kaili had.

 

[Allyson Locke]

The evening turned into weeks and Allyson couldn’t remember a time she was without the feeling of Kaili wrapped around her. It took massive amounts of willpower to pull herself away from Kaili when the sound of them landing echoed throughout the ship. Allyson unraveled herself from Kaili and the sheets, she planted a kiss against the woman forehead. Pulling a shirt and a pair of shorts on, Allyson moved towards the cockpit to see how far out they were from the hanger they were registered with to land. Bait beeped relaying the message to the half-asleep woman. “Yeah, those are the numbers to get us to land. Should be a private hanger Bait and Henry.”

The droids acknowledged her and Allyson ran her slender fingers through her messy brown hair. The blonde woman she had left would probably be still asleep knowing her. Kaili was never the type to wake up early or wake up in general. In most cases the girl would be found in a pool of her own drool. Speaking of, Allyson stood over the bed and sighed with a smile seeing Kaili making up for the lack of Allyson in the bed. Arms around a pillow happily drooling away. Allyson sat on the edge of the bed, near Kaili and watched her sleep.

Part of Allyson wondered how she didn’t mess this up. There were so many chances so many other people that Allyson found herself flirting with. Inhaling deeply, she remembered their faces from her past and even recent. There was something that made staying monogamous hard, but even when she was flirting she always compared them to Kaili. Even though Allyson was a notorious flirt, no one could ever have the love she had for Kaili. There was never anyone that could ever take the woman’s place and when she thought she had lost her, everything that made Allyson who she was came crumbling down. She didn’t want to eat, sleep or live. Kaili was her life and she knew that.

A hand extended, and ran along Kaili’s hair. There was nothing as beautiful as the sleeping girl and Allyson treasured every moment with her. Smiling, she curled herself into the sleeping frame of [member="Kaili Talith"] and nipped at her ear. “Wake up, we’re almost to the planet surface.”

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

Ship travel had become such a commonplace occurrence at this point that Kaili had finally been able to relax when time came to spend an extended amount of time in space. The landings still shook her, but that was what the dampeners in the ship’s struts were for in the end. They had spent a night together followed by many more. They slept when they wanted to, ate when they needed to, and separated only when they absolutely had to. Though the hug that her knees and arms would begin to envelop hardly felt as good as the real Allyson it still offered a measure of comfort and security. Enough so to let the mentally exhausted blonde girl find a new sense of peace as she happily shuffled around in a dream-like trance.

Something touched her hair and the peace-like slumber broke up into a irritated grimace trying to shake it off. The sweetest voice imaginable whispered in her ear to wake up, and just like that the grimace was gone. Brows lift for the blonde’s hairline as her eyes slowly began to bat themselves awake. A tired glance bounced around the room.

“Oh. Hey, you.” Kaili groaned and proceeded to sit up under the covers of the bed. “We are almost where?”

Hands reached out to rub the dirt from her eyes. “Oh right. Home.”

When she was done they finally opened again to look at Allyson. Still beautiful, still here, and still Kaili’s. Tired eyes gleamed with joy at the sight with a smile creeping on her lips.

“Are you still not going to tell me what you have planned?” Kaili chuckled and began searching for her clothes, pausing for a second to instead cling against the Corellian's shoulders with a whisper in her ear. “Tell meeee.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson chuckled and did her best not to be affected by Kaili calling Borleias ‘home’. A part of her wanted the blonde to call Kiara home or the place where ever they decided to lay their heads down home. Allyson knew she was being silly over the matter, this planet is and will always be Kaili’s home. Its where she was born, its where she first had her shop, and its where they first met. It was a possibility that Allyson felt this way because Corellia was gone, so in a sense she really had no home anymore. Thoughts such as that plagued her from time to time, but having Kaili around made anywhere home.

Feeling the Talith girl wrap her arms around her and beg what the surprises where made Allyson smile. The girl was a terrible person to surprise, she was the type to chase you around an entire planet until you finally told her the information she was so desperate to have. Sighing softly, Allyson looked towards the blonde and shrugged. “Okay I’ll give you a hint. Beaches. SURPRISE WE’RE GOING TO BORLEIAS!” Grinning, Allyson knew she was going to get it for telling her basically something she already knew.

Moving her hands quickly, Allyson wrestled the blonde back onto the bed. Legs straddled the other woman’s hips and hands pinned the other’s wrists down. Allyson needed to keep herself together. They had just spent the entirety of two weeks reacquainting themselves with each other. Kaili was an addiction that Allyson couldn’t quit. Others tempted her, a certain Jedi. Yet, no matter what her mind and body craved what Kaili Talith had and offered. Not many women or men could do that the Corellian. There was a reason she never settled until now.

What was it that Kaili did to her? What did Kaili do to Allyson to keep her coming back? As she stared down at the orange hues that belonged to her lover and partner, she questioned everything trying to trace her steps back to that initial contact in that dingy shop of hers. Leaning forward, she ran her lips against Kaili’s exposed neckline up towards her ear where she whispered softly, what is it that you do to me, to keep me coming back – why are you so addicting my love? It was a legit question and Allyson purred as she finished it. Honestly, she really didn’t care to know, all she knew was what she wanted and craved – she belonged to Kaili’s wishes and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Another whisper as Allyson pressed her frame against the blonde, I can’t get enough of you…

Allyson rested her head against Kaili’s shoulder. She fully submitted to her feelings knowing that there was no one else besides the woman she rested against. Allyson brought Kaili back to Borleias, to show the woman that she remembered everything – their past and their present, while she hoped for the future. [member="Kaili Talith"]

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

A chuckle parted the already smirking lips into a grin as Kaili gently shoved her palm against Allyson’s shoulder. The blonde was well-aware that they were going to Borleias, she had managed to figure that one out already, but the question that remained was where and why. Well, technically she knew the why, but that did not mean that she would give up on asking about it. A gentle grip wrapped around her wrist and Kaili’s back found the comfort of the bed again. Her body was spread under the weight of Allyson’s as they both looked into each other’s eyes once more. They kissed again. Kaili felt the air get swept from her lungs as they separated and the Corellian reached for her ears with a whisper. Had she the answer she would have given it, but she didn’t.

An arm reached around Allyson’s shoulders once she had found a place to lean against Kaili’s shoulder. The blonde’s hand stroked up and down along her lover’s skin in a moment of brief contemplation before she let her lips split in another grin and rolled herself over to kiss the Corellian woman on cheek.

“Maybe it’s the force.” Kaili whispered against Allyson’s ear before she kissed her on the neck again. “Or maybe it was destiny,” The girl propped herself up above the Corellian with her grin still going as strong as ever. “Or maybe it’s my winning smile.”

She eased herself down onto Allyson’s lips in a reversal of the moment they had just shared. Lips locked together…

Breaths exchanged…

The entire ship shaking…

… Because they just landed.

“Touchdown!” Henry announced over the intercomms for the two women to hear. Kaili having propped herself up above Allyson again fell limp with a shaking laugh against her lover’s collarbone.

“Those two are worse than the clothes boss.” She chuckled.

“... Perhaps we should go. There’s bound to be more than a few beaches we haven’t tried just yet.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson gathered her mind and she nodded. If the two droids didn’t announce the landing the pair of girls would have just ignored the loud bump and continued to live in their own little world. Leaning up, Allyson fixed her brown hair back into a messy bun. She looked towards the Borleian girl who was now home for the most part. Her answer to Allyson question made her smile, it signaled how far Kaili had come since Allyson had first arrived on the planet a few years ago. Thinking about it, Allyson was surprised it had lasted if it did.

It was nothing against Kaili in the long run, Allyson was just something that never did this sort of thing. To completely lose themselves to another person was unheard of for the Corellian. She did her best to keep her distance with lovers, why get tied down when you could lose someone? Allyson continued to look at Kaili – she did her best to keep some distance, but still she was drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Allyson pushed the relationship, she pushed Kaili to give her a chance and Allyson was the one that forgot. Guilt from that entire incident plagues her mind from time to time. She couldn’t imagine how Kaili felt. Allyson forced her to give her a chance, to leave the solitude of her happy little shop and attempt to see the world.

“I’m sorry.” It was really all she could say now. “I’m sorry you got caught up in all of this. I convinced you to leave everything behind, to follow me and then I go get blown up and forget us. I just feel terrible. I really wish I could just make it up to you.” Allyson shrugged and then stood up. She knew they would need to get out of the hanger to catch the shuttle to where they were headed. The first stop on their vacation was Kaili’s old shop. She had hoped it wasn’t taken over by squatters, but knowing Kaili it was probably well taken care of by someone she’s hired or something.

The bags were removed by the crew of the hanger and Allyson finished getting dressed for the most part. Looking back at Kaili she smiled. “I hope you have a good time.” [member="Kaili Talith"]

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

In the end Kaili wouldn’t do much to freshen herself up so to speak. Anti-perspirant, two sprays per pit, a blue-gray tee that had most likely seen more of the floor than the girl’s body over the last few days as well as a short pair of white pants that seemed just a few paces brighter than her own skin. It worked and got her looking somewhat more acceptable for the intents and purposes of getting from her ship to wherever it was that Allyson was bringing her. Excitement and anticipation filled Kaili with jitters at what it could be but she tried to contain them. She had already been shown what happened when she got excited, maybe a few moments of not-it would do her good.

In a surprise move, Allyson radiated a small slither of guilt and began apologizing for something. Kaili’s brow perked for a second before she swept up to the Corellian with her hand against her shoulder.

“Heyheyhey, hey,” Kaili chuckled at Allyson’s comments. “Hey.”

A kiss placed itself against Allyson’s lips again, a physical effort to make the Corellian shut up and stop worrying. There was no way that she could have known that she would get blown up, much less so that a freaky little droid would have them pinned down as the saviors of a whole people. There just wasn’t a snowflake's chance in the Nether that anyone would have. Kaili separated, Allyson hoped she would have a good time,

“There is nothing to be sorry for. I love you, and I love all the things that we have shared in our time together. Of course I will have a good time,” She said reassuringly and pulled Allyson in tight against her body once more. “You’re here, that is all I need.”

Without separating Kaili let herself be led out of the ship while locked at her lover’s hip, separating only momentarily to get into the backseat of a cab that would take them to where they were heading. With their heads resting against one another it would bring out a smile even from the driver as he glanced in the rear view mirror at the two. It took a while, but eventually a sense of familiarity would seep into the blonde’s mind, her cheek separating from Allyson’s shoulder for a moment to look around.

“This is…” She began, her heart beating against her chest in further excitement. “This is the old neighborhood. Where we met.”

Kaili smiled back at Allyson with a toothy grin and perked her brows. An expression that asked if this was it. If this was the surprise. Perhaps in the end Allyson too would find that things had changed. It hadn’t been a bad place when the company had just started out, but to say they had gotten better would be an understatement. The boardwalk had been refurbished top to bottom, all around there were now tourists and shops much like Kaili’s, except for the fact that they were all restaurants and tourist traps.

And at its very heart stood the old shop, somewhat restructured with a clearer storefront, but the old home would definitely have remained the same. Albeit lived in, Kaili had made a business of leasing it out when agents much like Allyson, although for the Underground, needed a place to lay low or just enjoy themselves.

Pausing for a moment before stepping in, Kaili remained standing by the entrance looking up at the Andromeda sign.

“What made you pick my shop that day?” Kaili asked and turned to Allyson. “There were probably better shops. I had just about started up when you found me.”

“Why me?”

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson followed Kaili towards the old shop, they would hopefully be staying here for most of the trip. Though Allyson soon remembered how the sleeping arrangements were and she sighed softly remembering the capsule bed. Kaili was so weird during this time of their meeting. The girl slept in a coffin like bed and Allyson barely fit in there with her. Holding their bags she looked up at the signing and listened to Kaili. She asked a question that Allyson didn’t know if she could truly answer. There was no right or wrong answer about the whole way she found her. Allyson herself wondered how she found Kaili. There were several shops that she could have gone too, she was stationed at Nar Shaddaa and she could have just literally walk about a couple of blocks and there was a repair shop she could have gotten Bait repaired at.

Allyson thought back to when she was searching for a repair shop. Kaili’s place was fairy new and Allyson couldn’t think of a romantic way to put all of this. Chuckling nervously, Allyson rubbed the back of her neck and sighed. “I saw that you were newer so I assumed that you would have the best prices because you’d be trying to build a client base.” So this wasn’t something that Kaili was probably hoping for, so she tried to save it. “I was originally a little worried when I first walked in and how dusty everything was. I was wondering if you were capable…”

Pausing, Allyson felt her cheeks grow warm. “Once I uh saw you I knew I needed to stay.” Allyson brushed her brunette hair aside. “I found myself instantly infatuated with you, you hadn’t even said a word to me yet – feth you didn’t even know I was in the room yet. You sat there working without any care in the world.”

“I remember watching you for a few moments, your blonde hair falling against your face. You would blow it out of your face till you got too frustrated and finally pulled it back out of your face.” Realizing she was sounding odd she hesitated and forced a smile. “Sorry, I probably sound like a weirdo…but I answered why…” Allyson always wondered why suddenly Kaili decided to allow her to take her on a date or to become closer. A small smile pulled at her lips as she remembered the moment Kaili allowed her to comfort her and the first moment when they held hands. “Why did you let me take you out…what did I do to let you drop your walls?”

Tilting her head slightly, Allyson repeated Kaili’s question. “Why me?” [member="Kaili Talith"]

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

It felt weird to be back in a sense. Once the two of them had left for Kiara there hadn’t really been much of a reason for them to stick around anymore. The shop had been turned into a real shop where people worked, as the two would find when they stepped inside the shop’s small interior. That’d wait though. Kaili remained standing outside the door as Allyson began to talk about how she had come to the decision to approach her shop in particular. It wasn’t all that romantic, and her assumption hadn’t been all that wrong either, but that didn’t matter. Kaili remembered the dust, in many ways it was there because she was unfocused at the time and still revelling in her own self-pity as she did back then.

The story of how Kaili worked, though thought to be creepy by Allyson herself, was if anything endearing. Something in the way she told it and the way her smile seemed to tug at her lips with a grimace or a grin as she considered whether it was a good idea to proceed with the story or not as she went.

The focus returned to Kaili and she would smile for a second before she started. Focus shifted to the sign above her shop for a second.

“Well, I had this customer that just wouldn’t leave me alone.” Kaili smiled and looked at Allyson. “I found it quite annoying at first, to be honest.” She said, chuckled, and rubbed at her neck. “But eventually, I just kind of got fed up and agreed to a date.”

“It was three days as we waited for a spare part I was missing…” She turned around towards Allyson and then looked out at the beach where they had been. “We uh, went sunbathing one day, had to help each other out…”

The same awkward tug pulled at the corner of Kaili’s lips. “And I uh, I…”

“I used to think I was into men.” Kaili exhaled once in a chuckle. “I used to talk about how I felt like men shied away from me because of my eyes, or because I was just weird in general, but…” Lips thinned, turned into a grimace for a second before Kaili laughed a nervous laughter again. “It weren’t they who shied from me.” Kaili breathed in and let out a slow exhale. “It was I who shied away from them.”

“The second I touched the other woman’s skin with my bare hands I felt something I had never felt before. My chest began to pound like never before and I had this… Feeling in my stomach.” Kaili looked at Allyson again. “I loved this woman. I didn’t know it yet, but something inside of me called to her, and that woman was you.” Obviously. “She made me want to wrestle her in the sand where we were, see where things were going before our time was up and she had to go.”

“She taught me something about myself that I wouldn’t have known now if not for her.” Kaili grabbed Allyson’s hand. “She then brought me out of a seething pit of despair, rescued me from the dark and made me feel good about myself again.”

Eyes locked with each other. “Allyson, I love you because you are everything to me. I love you because you are my hero. I love you because you are you.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

The bags dropped out of Allyson’s hands. She knew she had been Kaili’s first, but to know that she caused that sort of change within someone shocked her. There was an assumption that Kaili was a recluse because she was confused about her sexuality on top of all her frustrations with her life and things that had happened to her. Yet, she didn’t even realize what she had wanted, what she had liked and Allyson had chased her. Hearing all the good that she had done for Kaili made the guilt wash away from her. Allyson wondered if she had preyed on Kaili – but to hear that she had done good. It made everything worth it. Everything that had occurred between them, it was all worth it.

“How can you...”, Allyson shut her mouth and then pulled the blonde into her arms. She held her tightly and brought her lover’s face to her own. Lips crashed into each other, rekindling that first feeling of when they kissed. Memories crashed hard into Allyson and she remembered instantly standing on this front step waiting for Kaili to answer. The kiss they shared after six weeks hit her like a tidal wave, which was then followed by a harsh slap, and then a loving and desperate embrace. Pulling away, Allyson rested her forehead onto Kaili’s, her eyes shut as the memory continued to play in her mind. Their first time and her consistent questioning if Kaili was sure she wanted to do it.

“I remember, I remember coming home after my mission on Coruscant…I remember how you kissed me and pulled at my jacket…” Smiling, she opened her eyes and stared at Kaili. “I remember you slapping me and how you felt the first time we made love.” The embrace tightened and released as Allyson realized how crazy she was probably being. “You weren’t the only one that was changed from our meeting Kaili.”

Allyson didn’t continue speaking, instead she picked up her bags and they entered the shop. The couple of employees that were working at the time came over and helped bring the bags towards the living space. It had been turned into a safe house – one that Allyson had used often for missions. She was its primary resident and the one that used it the most. There was something here that kept her safe especially on missions that kept her far from Kaili. At least here she could feel close to the woman while she was away. They had entered and Allyson thanked the employees, they seemed amazed to see the woman that ran the company returning to where it all started. Not saying much, they disappeared and returned to work – to ensure that Kaili didn’t need to leave the room to scold them about something they were messing up.

The bags were set down and Allyson leaned against the wall that was adjacent to the door they had entered. “First off, thank you for having this place be around. I know I’m not part of the Underground, but this was my first real home – so often I use it as a safe house. The pillows and a lot of the furniture still smells like you. It brings me a comfort when I can’t contact you or have you with me.” Allyson pondered on her statement from before and she nodded.

“I really have never loved anyone before you Kaili. You taught me how to love and how to let someone love me. There were some that I felt like I couldn’t live without, but I always found a reason to cut ties with them. What I did for a living – what I really did for a living was dangerous and I was terrified every single day I was with you that something would happen to you.” Allyson paused and bit down on her thumb for a moment, then continued. “Ember and the Rekaili clan had ties with the Underground – I would work missions for them to try and get information about the Sith Empire during that time. Been doing it since I was a child and I was good at it.” Her head tilted from side to side as she tried to find the words, trying to really remember the memories.

“I fought like I had nothing to lose, but when I met you…I had something, I had someone waiting for me. Kaili you gave me a real home and above all else you saved my life.” A hand ran through her brunette hair as she spilled everything out into the open. “You saved me from my missions, from giving up and taking the easy route – killing myself to take everyone with me.” Remembering her mission that nearly killed her she sighed. “The Station explosion – there was nothing else I could do. I had thought I could get away in time but it detonated faster than I could move. Thinking of you and knowing that you were waiting for me – it kept me alive. I used technomancy to adjust and monitor my oxygen levels to where I wouldn’t die, but I couldn’t really keep consciousness. I was able to keep enough oxygen long enough till they found me.”

“All I could think of was your face and how I promised to always come back to you – because I knew you’d always be waiting for me. I’m not a hero [member="Kaili Talith"] – you are.”

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

They kissed, they nearly cried, but most of all they had a moment of exposure where they both aired what they hadn’t been sure if they had to or should tell the other. The fears that Kaili had held that she said something inappropriate or mean were all washed away as Allyson pulled her close. They entered the shop and the employees scattered, but Kaili couldn’t help herself to just this one time send them away. Her hands found a nearby datapad and she wrote something in it. Paid time off for the week, maybe even the next depending on how things went. The pad was then let down back onto the table as Kaili entered her old room, technically her bachelorette pad. The news that Allyson had been the primary inhabitant of this place was oddly soothing. Perhaps it was because in a sense Allyson was always close to her even when she was not. Kaili had the Corellian’s belongings, and technically so did Allyson with pieces of Kaili even if said piece was an ingrained stain on a couch or a chair. From food, obviously.

Then however Kaili fell quiet as Allyson proceeded to tell her what she had changed in her as well. The girl had figured she was one in a number but that she had in the end been the one that stopped Allyson from running away. To know she had been the first one she ever loved, truly loved, was not something she could have anticipated. Her eyebrows perked for a second to give her surprise away but they quickly settled down again once Allyson continued. Kaili could remember the times they argued over the Mandalorians and the split Kaili had felt inside over whether she would listen to her new girlfriend or her best friend since her childhood on the matter. Remembered the way she felt the utmost jealousy at one of the Rekalis, her name escaping the blonde for the moment, whenever Allyson would speak of her.

The memory was never allowed to linger, however. The talks shifted to the station and Kaili would feel her eyes set on the floor with a frown. It wasn’t a good topic and one that she very much, it was a wound that time hadn’t healed just yet. Focused shifted back at Kaili and how she was a hero, and in all honesty there was just the one thing Kaili could think of.

“Then, I guess it makes two of us.” She said and looked back up with a smile again as her hand reached for Allyson’s hand to pull her towards her again. “To us, the heroes.”

Kaili’s hands let go of Allyson’s hands as her arms wrapped around the Corellian’s shoulders in a tight squeeze.

“The lights that guides our ships home.”

“I love you.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

The hug lasted for as long as Allyson let it. It was nice hearing the wonderful things that Kaili had to say and to hear what was going through her head those few years ago. It was funny how it took both to let down their guards to allow the other into their lives. Ally didn’t want to imagine what would have happened if she didn’t let Kaili in her life, if she would have chosen another droid repair shop, and if [member="Kaili Talith"] was never in her life. To muse over this would cause great strife in the brunette, so she avoided it and pulled away from Kaili. “I love you too, as much as I want to rip your clothes off and prove my love to you – I’m sure you probably need a couple of days rest.”

Grinning, Allyson began to unpack and place the clothing where it belonged. As she pulled open one of the dressers she noticed a bunch of the old costumes/outfits that she had worn on several missions. Few were blood stained while all of them were overly sexual. Pressing her lips together she shoved the drawer shut and began to pile in Kaili’s clothing into another drawer. The last thing the Talith needed was to know delicate details of the missions that had brought Allyson to stay at this safe house. Once everything was unpacked, Allyson pushed Kaili towards the kitchen to hide what she had found while unpacking.

“Right! You must be starving, since this was my idea and I’m pretty sure I always cooked while we stayed here, how about you fix us some dinner? Sounds like a plan?” Allyson nodded to her own question. “Yes, sounds like a great plan, Ms. Talith cook something up for me while I take care of some things.” With that, Allyson made a beeline back into the bedroom area.

 

[Kaili Talith]

[member="Allyson Locke"]

The shared warmth brought a sense of ease and relief under most circumstances. These days there were many moments in which the two had simply hugged to keep temperatures up in creative ways, but when the realization dawned upon Kaili that she was no longer on a temperate planet going strong into a season of cold and rain but that she was rather on a warm tropical planet such as Borleias… Well, it got warmer when two lovers got into such a close proximity to one another. As such Kaili would separate ever so slowly, and ever so hesitantly. Eyes peered into Allyson’s, a brow slowly raising itself on instinct as she started talking about ripping clothes and rest.

Food! Kaili perked her other brow to let it pull its partner for her hairline. Wait, what? It was Kaili who was going to cook? Wasn’t it Allyson who- but-... what? The blonde looked confused for a second. Allyson stormed into the room and the girl would mouth a quiet ‘oh’ figuring it was something that the Corellian had planned to keep her occupied while she set things up.

… But what was that?

Curiosity took the reins as Kaili knelt down to pick up pans and skillets from the cabinets and shelves. Neck craned to get a glimpse into the bedroom but she saw nothing. Lips thinned as she turned away to fill the pans with water to let it boil. It found the stovetop with a small hiss as the smell of burnt dust spread across the kitchen. Right. Kaili turned it off and quickly grabbed a rag to wipe it all away with before turning it back on.

The smell was gone, but the burn of her mistake was not.

“What are you doing over there, Agent Locke?” Kaili called out from the kitchen and proceeded to stir the water around simply for the sake of it. “Hiding something?”

She chuckled and turned her attention back towards the food. Right… Where was all the stuff she needed? Kaili began scouring the pantry and freezer for ingredients.

“What should I make anyway?” She called over her shoulders as her hand grasped at the freezer. “Pretty sure we don’t have anyth-”

Eyes spotted the two nerf steaks in the back as well as the half-consumed bottle of Corellian Whiskey. A sideshifted grin spread on the girls lip as she grabbed all three of them and closed the door again, placing the ingredients on the now dust-free countertops.

“Never mind. I’ll uh, improvise something. Or something. I don’t know.”

 

[Allyson Locke]

Allyson quickly began to work as she searched for a bag of some sort to hide everything. The last thing she wanted Kaili was to find the slutty clothes, she could care less about the bloody scraps she had to pull off and place in that drawer. Pausing, maybe the slutty outfits weren’t as bad, maybe it was the bloody ones that were going to be her and the SIS’ undoing. Cursing, she continued to search for a bag in a frantic panic. Find a trash bag, she smiled relieved, but then it hit her when was trash day coming?!

It had been so long since they had lived here and the employees were taught to clean up once an agent left. Once more fits of curse words filled the small area and Allyson continued to shove the clothes under the dresser. If Kaili couldn’t find them in the drawer where people would normally look, then she wouldn’t be able to find them under the dresser. After she shoved them under, she realized that the sleeves would stick out along with straps and the like. Panic set in once again as she started to shove them into the trash bag.

It was then Kaili asked her if she was hiding anything. You could be the best agent, but when your significant other is starting to smell your tricks, well you were in trouble. Allyson quickly called back doing her best to hide her panic. “N-N-Nothing Dear! UH JUST CLEANING UP YOU KNOW. FORCE THESE AGENTS ARE UH MESSY!” Cursing again she shoved the bag under the dresser and sighed with relief.

“I need a drink.” Wandering out into the kitchen she looked at the whiskey bottle. “Um can I have some of that? Please?” [member="Kaili Talith"]